The Eternal Criminal Record

by James B. Jacobs

Book Overview

For over sixty million Americans, possessing a criminal record overshadows everything else about their public identity. A rap sheet, or even a court appearance or background report that reveals a run-in with the law, can have fateful consequences for a person's interactions with just about everyone else. The Eternal Criminal Record makes transparent a pervasive system of police databases and identity screening that has become a routine feature...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674368266
• ISBN13: 9780674368262
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"